What's new on the app stores on Monday 1 August 2011

A burst of 13 apps for your attention

CFG: Cosmo For Guys

"Chances are, you sometimes take a peek at Cosmo in an attempt to figure out what women really want," notes the App Store description for iPad app CFG. Yes, publisher Hearst Communications has made a tablet app for men, based on its Cosmopolitan magazine. For a monthly subscription, readers get advice, gift guides and – look away now Steve Jobs – "eye-popping 3D sex positions".
iPad

Tweetminster

News Tweetminster platform has launched its official iPhone app that pulls in links and content from politicians, officials, activists, academics, journalists and analysts. The app filter stories and tweets by topic and allows users by logging into the Twitter app response.
iPhone

HELO TC

Parrot AR.Drone a stir with its iPhone-controlled helicopter, but now it 's got competition. Rival Griffin has its own remote-controlled helicopter helo TC, works as a controller with this official app for iPhone cases, when inserted into the flight deck accessory that comes with the toy.
iPhone / iPad

Zenonia 3

Gamevil 's Zenonia series has become one of leading RPG franchises for smartphones. Already on iPhone, it has now made the jump to Android, with 227 maps to explore and 136 quests.
Android

Composition No.1

Visual Editions and Universal Everything have for this book iPad app that re-imagines a book by French author Marc Saporta. It 's, consisting of self-contained pages that can be mixed and read in any order, with lots of interactivity. Fascinating.
iPad

about music

Android owners music fans want a better music player application may have found nirvana (and maybe Nirvana) with about music. It 'sa customizable music player that has a number of Market skins available separately in Android, one of which even apes Windows Mobile' s Zune player. The app Scrobbles your Last.fm profile.
Android

Horrid Henry 's Horrid App

At first it was a book, TV and movie brand, now it 's an app. Horrid Henry gets the treatment IOS with this collection of mini-games, including the sure-to-joy (if you 're a right-thinking child) Flick The Bogey.
iPhone / iPad

Sylvester 's Band

Sylvester 's book is a book iPad app in children aged two and upwards, with a musical focus, to introduce them to different instruments. It has more than 35 pages and pockets of interactivity.
iPad

Tweri

Android App Tweri is pitched as Alzheimer's caregiver tool to be used in the early stages of the disease. The idea is that if a patient is for a walk - a little advice in the early stages of Alzheimer's - can an Android phone with the app runs to wear. After a predetermined time period, their supervisor will be alerted to their location.
Android

Grabio

Grabio can be interesting, although it is more a U.S. judge skew the screenshots have. It 's basically "location-based ads" so you can list items for sale with the people in your area, or find what other people have to win.
iPhone

Oxbridge Baby Fairy Tales

Parents in search of another hit iOS tale should have a look at Oxbridge Baby 's first app. Six stories are included, each with visuals by another British artist - with the narrative voice also hails from the United Kingdom.
iPhone / iPad

Playboy hot zone for iPad

Playboy 's latest foray into the world apps iPad is a game by Bally Technologies - fruit machine fame. And yes, the game is a slot machine, even though you play 're strictly for fun and not for real money. Hugh Hefner makes an animated appearance.
iPad

TapCast

TapCast is U.S. only for now, and is the latest iPhone app with a view to a second-screen companion for couch potatoes grown. It 'sa TV social app that people come to log in via Facebook, then you discover shows on to consider what their friends are. TapCast as a client for the reservation Facebook and Twitter updates.
iPhone

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